The opening round of the women's foil at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing Grand Prix of Qatar took place today, whittling the field down to 64 competitors.

progressed with a 15-11 victory over Elisabetta Bianchin of Italy, while third seed Eva Lacheray of France

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has confirmed upcoming World Cup events in Salt Lake City will take place in May as planned.

Villars in Switzerland stages a lead and speed World Cup at the start of July.Chamonix and Briançon in France

Club Paris 2024 is offering 100 spots in the public marathon being held alongside the Paris 2024 Olympics to women, in an effort to boost gender balance at the event.

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Germany's third seed Alexander Zverev was dumped out of the Miami Open in the biggest shock yet, losing in three sets against Finnish player Emil Ruusuvuori.

Auger-Aliassime of Canada, seeded 11th, went through in straight sets against Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has cancelled the Póvoa World Open because of the coronavirus crisis.

world and mass gatherings are hard to organise.The first three BISFed-sanctioned events of 2021, in France

The Netherlands earned a crucial victory over Spain at the European qualification tournament for the women’s Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest.

following on 14 and nine, respectively.Italy have seven points in fifth place, followed by Russia and France

Federation’s Grand Slam in Tbilisi today but German judoka were not involved as their team followed France

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud topped women's qualification at the final leg of the slopestyle International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup in Silvaplana.

home soil after scoring 90.25 ahead of Japan's Kokone Kondo on 89.25.World Cup leader Tess Ledeux of France

The United States' Madison Keys was the biggest name to exit the Miami Open today, following a straight-sets defeat to Croatia's Ana Konjuh at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida.

6-3, 7-6 (11-9).Ninth seed Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic comfortably defeated Alizé Cornet of France

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the postponement of the upcoming Mountain Bike Eliminator World Championships, while two rounds of the UCI BMX World Cup have been cancelled.

due to finish at the end of May.Paris-Roubaix is reportedly in doubt amid COVID-19 restrictions in France

Next month's Pan-American Olympic canoe slalom qualifiers in Rio de Janeiro have been cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis.

Championships in Hungary have moved from June until September 9 to 12.A Wildwater Canoe World Cup leg in France

The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) failure to take any action over its "obsolete" Olympic qualification system is unfair to athletes and creates a risk that dopers will escape detection.

These criticisms are among many made by the national weightlifting bodies of China, France and elsewhere

Two of the seven teams due to be contesting the European qualification tournament for the women's Water Polo World League Super Final have pulled out because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

France and Italy will not take part in the International Swimming Federation (FINA) event in Budapest

, so have sent a university team, and their two scheduled fixtures happened to be versus the absent France

pandemic, and 10 games are yet to be played in European qualification.The five involving Italy and France

Snowboarder Julie Pomagalski, who won the women's snowboard cross world title in 1999, has died at the age of 40 after being caught in an avalanche in Switzerland.

silver at the World Championships in parallel giant slalom in 2003.Toutes les pensées de l'équipe de France

La disparition tragique de Julie, championne du monde de snowboard et Olympienne, laisse l'équipe de France

OLY en deuil de l'une des siennes. pic.twitter.com/BtXqH398io— France Olympique (@FranceOlympique) March

Los Angeles has been awarded the third Paraclimbing World Cup of 2021 as the sport continues its bid for Paralympic inclusion at the 2028 Games in the Californian city.

Innsbruck in Austria and Briançon in France are the other two confirmed venues for the Paraclimbing World